Charles Towneley Strachey, 4th Baron O'Hagan (1945-2025)
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Apr 3, 2025, 4:37:06 PM4/3/25
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Queen Elizabeth II's godson dies after suffering head injury - details
Lord Charles O'Hagan has died aged 79
...An inquest opening in Exeter revealed that the former Conservative peer died on 23 March at the North Devon District Hospital in Barnstaple.
The cause of death was attributed to a subdural hematoma, a condition often caused by head trauma. Lord O'Hagan held a close connection to the royal family as the godson of Queen Elizabeth II.
Charles – full name Charles Towneley Strachey O'Hagan – served as a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) for Devon twice, from 1973 to 1975 and from 1979 to 1994. He also had a ceremonial role as a Page of Honour to the late Queen between 1959 and 1962.
Charles was educated at Eton College before attending New College, Oxford - where he graduated with a BA in 1961 and later an MA.
...Charles was married three times; firstly, to the Georgian Princess Tamara Imeretinsky in 1967, before they divorced in 1984.
They had one daughter, Nino Natalia O'Hagan Strachey, who was born in 1968 and became an art historian and curator.
His second wife was Mary Claire Roose-Francis, whom he married in 1985—but they divorced ten years later in 1995.
Later that year, Charles married his third wife, Elizabeth Lesley Eve Smith.
https://www.hellomagazine.com/royalty/823928/queen-elizabeth-ii-godson-dies-suffering-head-injury/
Lord Charles O'Hagan has died aged 79
...An inquest opening in Exeter revealed that the former Conservative peer died on 23 March at the North Devon District Hospital in Barnstaple.
The cause of death was attributed to a subdural hematoma, a condition often caused by head trauma. Lord O'Hagan held a close connection to the royal family as the godson of Queen Elizabeth II.
Charles – full name Charles Towneley Strachey O'Hagan – served as a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) for Devon twice, from 1973 to 1975 and from 1979 to 1994. He also had a ceremonial role as a Page of Honour to the late Queen between 1959 and 1962.
Charles was educated at Eton College before attending New College, Oxford - where he graduated with a BA in 1961 and later an MA.
...Charles was married three times; firstly, to the Georgian Princess Tamara Imeretinsky in 1967, before they divorced in 1984.
They had one daughter, Nino Natalia O'Hagan Strachey, who was born in 1968 and became an art historian and curator.
His second wife was Mary Claire Roose-Francis, whom he married in 1985—but they divorced ten years later in 1995.
Later that year, Charles married his third wife, Elizabeth Lesley Eve Smith.
https://www.hellomagazine.com/royalty/823928/queen-elizabeth-ii-godson-dies-suffering-head-injury/
gorgo...@gmail.com
Apr 4, 2025, 7:09:15 AM4/4/25
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As I understand, the heir to the title is the late Baron's younger brother, the Honorable Richard Towneley Strachey.
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Apr 12, 2025, 7:35:15 PM4/12/25
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DPB Online has updated this page.
As you correctly noted, gorgo, Richard Towneley STRACHEY (b. 1950) has succeeded his older brother, and is now the 5th Baron.
The new baron's son, Columba O'Hagan (b. 1985) is the ha. He is shown as unmarried, and is the only one in remainder to the title.
Brooke
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